reed
n.
any of several varieties of tall marsh grass; thin piece of wood or plastic placed on the mouthpiece of reed instruments (the air flow causes it to vibrate and create sound)
Reed
reed
Noun
1. tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites
(hypernym) gramineous plant, graminaceous plant
(hyponym) toetoe, toitoi, Arundo conspicua, Chionochloa conspicua
2. a vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it; "the clarinetist fitted a new reed onto his mouthpiece"
(synonym) vibrating reed
(hypernym) vibrator
(hyponym) double reed
3. a musical instrument that sounds by means of a reed
(synonym) beating-reed instrument
(hypernym) woodwind, woodwind instrument, wood
(hyponym) double-reed instrument, double reed
reeds
adv.
already
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ginger
reeds
deers seder